Henry (the first) (convict) Greentree

  Noted events in his life were:

• fact. Henry Greentree 8 SmartMatches Birth: About 1781 in County of Hampshire, England Death: 5 Apr 1818 in Wilberforce, NSW 1 Sex: M Father: Thomas Greentree Mother: Fact 1: 6 Apr 1818 Buried St. Johns Church, Wilberforce, NSW Marriage fact: Spouses & Children Jane Pope (Wife) b. About 1783 in Thursley, Surry, England Marriage: 8 FEB 1803 in Westborune, Sussex, England 8 FEB 1803 in IGI Reference Children: Reuben Greentree b. 30 Nov 1803 in Parish of Warblington, County of Hames, England Henry Greentree b. 3 Aug 1806 in Parish of Warblington, Counry of Hames, England Frances Greentree b. 12 Jun 1808 in Parish of Warblington, Counry of Hames, England George Greentree b. 3 Jun 1810 in Parish of Warblington, Counry of Hames, England Thomas Greentree b. 16 Jan 1814 in Parish of Warblington, Counry of Hames, England Jane Greentree b. 26 Jul 1816 in Windsor, NSW

• source. Ron Hainsworth & Marion Purnell where it is noted:
Henry and Jane were married by licence. Witnesses were William Pope and John Woodbridge. Henry and Jane made their X marks. There were marriage records for both 8 and 10 Feb 1803.
Affidavit sworn by JB Carpentor by Henry Greentree 8 Feb 1803:
Archdeacony and Diocese of Chichester
On the seventh Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hunderd and three appeared personally Henry - Greentree - who being sworn upon the Holy ...Evangelists to depose the Truth upon his Oath deposeth and..saith that he is a Bachelor aged twenty one Years and upwards that the usual Place of his abode is and for several years...last past hath been in the Parish of Westborne within the Archdeacony and Diocese of Chichester --- that he intendeth to intermarry with Jane Pope -- a spinster aged twenty one Years and upwards the usual Place of whose ablde now is and for several Years -- last past hath been in the Parish of Westborne aforesaid.---and that he doth not Know or believe there is any lawful Set or impediment by reason of any Precontact ...consanguinity Offinity or any other lawful cause whatsoever to hinder the said intended Marriage; which he prayed Licence to solemnize in the Parish Church of Westborne..aforesaid,
the mark of X Henry Greentree
Sworn before me
J.B. Carpentor Surrogate
In November1812 Henry aged 30 and William Greentree aged 29 together with Thomas Steele aged 35 were charged with stealing 2 sheep valued at £2 each from Joseph Hollaway, after the sheep were discovered missing and footprints were followed from the paddock to the home of Henry Greentree. Confessions were taken, but it was not until 7th March 1814 that the men were brought to trial in Winchester Castle.
They could not have been in jail all this time as when they were brought to trial for stealing the two sheep, William and Thomas Steele had several additional charges brought against them related to the stealing of horses and oak bark in 1812 and 1813. Henry and Thomas were also accused of having stolen in the past year different horses, while Steele was solely charged with stealing another 7 horses and 2 ewes. A further reason for believing that they were free is that Henry's wife had given birth to their fifth child in January of 1814.
William and Henry Greentree were found guilty of stealing the 2 sheep but not guilty of the other charges, while Thomas Steele was found guilty of his charges. They were all sentenced to death, but Henry and William's sentences were commuted to transportation for life before the rising of the court. A Richard Greentree, believed to be Henry's brother was described as 'still at large'. Thomas Steele was hanged 19 days later on Saturday 26th March 1814. The official conditional pardon for Henry and William was signed on 11th April 1814.
The two cousins were transferred to the ship 'Marquis of Wellington' on 6/8/1814, the ship leaving port in early September arriving in Sydney 27th January 1815 having being almost five months at sea. On January 1st 1815, Henry's wife Jane and their five children set sail in the 'Northampton' arriving in Sydney 18th June 1815.
& source: Edward to Dylan ged. where it is noted:
HENRY GREENTREE AND JANE POPE.

Henry was born in England in about 1782 and married Jane Pope the daughter of William Pope, a miller and storekeeper from Thursley, in the County of Surrey, at the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Westbourne on 9th February 1803. They had five children born to them in England, Reuben, Henry, Francis, George and Thomas; all were baptised at St. Thomas' Warblington.
Thomas Steel, Henry and William Greentree were convicted at Winchester on 7th March 1814 of stealing two wether sheep, the property of Joseph Holloway junior, a property owner in the Parish of Havant, in the County of Southampton, and sentenced to death, their sentence later commuted to transportation for life. At their trial it was deposed that on the morning of 6th November 1812, the prosecutor missed two of his sheep and traced footsteps from his fields to the house of Henry Greentree. The relationship between Henry and William Greentree is not known, however they are thought to be brothers. Both arrived at Port Jackson on board the "Marquis of Wellington" on 27th January 1815. The indents of this vessel describe Henry as five foot eight and a, quarter-inches in height, pale complexion, with light brown hair and hazel eyes. Also stated was that his age was thirty-three years and that he had been sentenced to transportation for Life?
Henry's wife Jane and their children followed him to the Colony as free settlers they arrived in Port Jackson on 18th June 1815 on board the convict transport the "Northampton". One month later on 24th July 1915, their daughter Frances died, her death appears in the St. Philips Register. Henry's career in the Colony was also short he was only thirty-four years of age when he died on 6th April 1818. He was buried at St. Johns Wilberforce, where his headstone can still be found. Three months after Henry died their Colonial born daughter Jane was baptised at St. Matthews Windsor. She was born on 26th July 1816 and baptised on 19th July 1818.
Little is known of how Jane and her brood of young children managed after the loss of their breadwinner, but by 1822 the Muster of that year listed Jane as the wife of J. Martin of Windsor. J. Martin is probably James Martin, a convict who arrived on the "Fortune" in 1806 and who was a landholder at Wilberforce at that time, and who may have

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taken Jane and her younger children in after the death of Henry. It is also possible that Henry had been assigned to Martin before he died, and that Jane continued on as his housekeeper.
On 13th October 1846 Jane Married Michael Nowland junior at St. Johns Wilberforce, but they were only to have ten years together, Michael died in 1856. Jane died on 15th July 1872 at the age of eighty-eight years, and was buried two days later in the St. Johns Wilberforce Cemetery.

Henry married Jane Pope, daughter of William Pope and Unknown, on 9 Feb 1803 in St John the Baptist, Westbourne, Sussex England. (Jane Pope was born in 1783 in Thursely, Surrey England, died on 15 Jul 1872 in Wilberforce, County of Cumberland, NSW Australia and was buried on 17 Jul 1872 in St Johns, Wilberforce, NSW Australia.)